FEED USA is Feeding My Students Language & Literacy!
My students need fruit counters, food photo magnets, a nutrition learning game, and other games to help improve their food vocabulary knowledge.
FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Graham's classroom raised $353
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My Students
My students need a stronger healthy foods vocabulary so they will know what healthy foods are!
I teach a self-contained classroom with 7 special needs students.
My students range from first grade through third grade grade but are cognitively on a preschool through first grade level. Most of my students lack background knowledge and vocabulary. My goal is to improve their language skills while improving their eating habits.
My Project
My students come from high poverty home situations and eat most of their meals at McDonald's or other fast food restaurants, since it is cheap and easy. FEED USA and I want to teach my students about healthier food options. I plan to do this through hands-on learning centers where they will be able to sort foods into categories, identify various foods, use healthy food items to count, and use phonics skills to spell the names of healthy foods. The nutrition learning center will expose students to foods within the food pyramid. Students will utilize the phonics games to spell healthy food words containing short and long vowel sounds. All of these cooperative learning games will help improve my students knowledge of healthy eating to healthy food choices while helping them master crucial literacy and math skills.
Providing my students with hands-on learning opportunities will enhance their healthy foods vocabulary as well as expose them to a variety of healthy food options to help them develop a healthier lifestyle.
Please help FEED USA and I make our future leaders healthier and happier!
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